Configuring SSL endpoints for node.js worker roles on Azure - node.js

Question

I've set up a node.js app to run on worker roles (not web roles) on Azure cloud services. Everything was working fine with the standard app running on HTTP.
Now I'm trying to get it running over SSL on HTTPS, and have successfully followed the instructions at http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/nodejs/common-tasks/enable-ssl-worker-role/ but it has not produced the correct results!
Now when accessing the url over either HTTP or HTTPS the connection times out and nothing is returned.
Is there anything I might be missing or any steps that aren't in the guide linked above?
One thing I did notice in the guide was whether the line...
<InputEndpoint name="HttpIn" protocol="tcp" port="443" />
... should in fact be HttpsIn instead? Though changing this doesn't seem to make a huge amount of difference.
Update: here are some of my configuration files
ServiceConfiguration.cloud.cscfg
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ServiceConfiguration xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" serviceName="*removed*" osFamily="2" osVersion="*" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2008/10/ServiceConfiguration">
<Role name="WorkerRole1">
<ConfigurationSettings />
<Instances count="1" />
<Certificates>
<Certificate name="certificateName" thumbprint="*removed*" thumbprintAlgorithm="sha1" />
</Certificates>
</Role>
</ServiceConfiguration>
ServiceDefinition.csdef
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ServiceDefinition xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" name="*removed*" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2008/10/ServiceDefinition">
<WorkerRole name="WorkerRole1" vmsize="ExtraSmall">
<Startup>
<Task commandLine="setup_worker.cmd > log.txt" executionContext="elevated">
<Environment>
<Variable name="EMULATED">
<RoleInstanceValue xpath="/RoleEnvironment/Deployment/#emulated" />
</Variable>
<Variable name="RUNTIMEID" value="node" />
<Variable name="RUNTIMEURL" value="http://az413943.vo.msecnd.net/node/0.8.4.exe" />
</Environment>
</Task>
<Task commandLine="node.cmd .\startup.js" executionContext="elevated" />
</Startup>
<Endpoints>
<InputEndpoint name="HttpIn" protocol="http" port="80" />
<InputEndpoint name="HttpsIn" protocol="https" port="443" certificate="certificateName" />
</Endpoints>
<Certificates>
<Certificate name="certificateName" storeLocation="LocalMachine" storeName="My" />
</Certificates>
<Runtime>
<Environment>
<Variable name="PORT">
<RoleInstanceValue xpath="/RoleEnvironment/CurrentInstance/Endpoints/Endpoint[#name='HttpIn']/#port" />
</Variable>
<Variable name="EMULATED">
<RoleInstanceValue xpath="/RoleEnvironment/Deployment/#emulated" />
</Variable>
</Environment>
<EntryPoint>
<ProgramEntryPoint commandLine="node.cmd .\server.js" setReadyOnProcessStart="true" />
</EntryPoint>
</Runtime>
</WorkerRole>
</ServiceDefinition>
I have also tried various variations on these (with fewer extra tags and attributes) and nothing seems to work.

Answer 1

The protocol values you provided are HttpIn and HttpsIn. You shall use these values only for ASP.NET Web Roles!! When you run 3rd party web servers on Worker Roles you shall only use tcp as value for protocol attribute!! changing this is the easiest way to make things not working! Could you switch them back to tcp, remove the certificate attribute from the Https Endpoint and try again?
Also, the default sample app server.js listens to only one port. Which is being passed by the environment value PORT defined for the startup task. There you shall reference the HttpsIn endpoint if you want HTTPS traffic. Unfortunately I don't know whether node.js can handle both http AND https traffic with this simple setup.
UPDATE
Please use the following .csconfig file (replace the content of all .csconfig files you see in the folder with the content I provide):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ServiceDefinition xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" name="*removed*" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2008/10/ServiceDefinition">
<WorkerRole name="WorkerRole1" vmsize="ExtraSmall">
<Startup>
<Task commandLine="setup_worker.cmd > log.txt" executionContext="elevated">
<Environment>
<Variable name="EMULATED">
<RoleInstanceValue xpath="/RoleEnvironment/Deployment/#emulated" />
</Variable>
<Variable name="RUNTIMEID" value="node" />
<Variable name="RUNTIMEURL" value="http://az413943.vo.msecnd.net/node/0.8.4.exe" />
</Environment>
</Task>
<Task commandLine="node.cmd .\startup.js" executionContext="elevated" />
</Startup>
<Endpoints>
<InputEndpoint name="HttpsIn" protocol="https" port="443" />
</Endpoints>
<Certificates>
<Certificate name="certificateName" storeLocation="LocalMachine" storeName="My" />
</Certificates>
<Runtime>
<Environment>
<Variable name="PORT">
<RoleInstanceValue xpath="/RoleEnvironment/CurrentInstance/Endpoints/Endpoint[#name='HttpsIn']/#port" />
</Variable>
<Variable name="EMULATED">
<RoleInstanceValue xpath="/RoleEnvironment/Deployment/#emulated" />
</Variable>
</Environment>
<EntryPoint>
<ProgramEntryPoint commandLine="node.cmd .\server.js" setReadyOnProcessStart="true" />
</EntryPoint>
</Runtime>
</WorkerRole>
</ServiceDefinition>
Also, please provide the code in your server.js file - at least the first 10 lines where the binding is done. And also after the changes, please execute the following command line and tell us what is the result:
c:>telnet [your_cloud_service].cloudapp.net 443
And also please confirm that you have the .pfx file in the folder where you are executing the powershell commands.